[Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County.

  • Canterbury (England). City & County Council.
Date:
1898
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Credit: [Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Canterbury. JlZedicol 0f|icei[’s )3i]i]ual d^eporl foi{ 1898. To the Mayor and Members of the Sanitary Committee, GENTLEMEN, I have llie honour of presenting to you my Twenty-second Annual Report of the Health and Sanitary Condition of the Borough for the past year. Births:— The number of births registered in the Borough during the year 1898 was 613; 310 of which were males, and ^ 303 females, making a birth rate of 27 per 1000 of the estimated population of 1891, viz. : 23,026. The birth rate for I England and Wales in 1898 was 29.4 per 1000. Deaths ;— The number of deaths registered in the year 1898 was 441 ; 202 of which were males, and 239 females. 103 of which were under 1 year of age ; 38 of 1 year of age and under 5 ; 20 of 5 years of age and under 15 ; 17 of 15 years of age and under 25 ; 102 of| 25 years of age and under 60 ; 161 of 60 years of age and upwards ; ‘ 44.of these deaths occurred at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital, inclusive of 32 cases brought into the Hospital from the Country Districts with their fatal diseases upon them, for Medical and Surgical treatment. The death rate of the estimated population of 1891, viz.: 23.02 for the year 1898 would be therefore 19.1 per 1000, including the 32 deaths in the Hospital brought from the country districts. Excluding the number 32 so introduced, the actual death-rate for the City is 17.7 per 1000. The death-rate for England and Wales in 1898 was 17.6 per 1000. The excess of births over deaths for the year 1898, was 172. There is an increase of 11 deaths over last year, an increase of 80 over 1896, a decrease of 13 over 1895, an increase of 52 over 1894, an increase of i over 1893, a decrease of 10 over 1892, a increase of 37 over 1891, an increase of 21 over 1890, an increase of 12 over 1889. Infantile Mortality:—There were 103 deaths under 1 year of age, exactly the same as last year. The Infantile Mortality calculated by the number of deaths under 1 year of age to 1000 births registered, is 167. The cause of Mortality will be seen from the following table :— Death Rate for Canterbury: as required by the Local Government Board for 1898. Name of Disease. Under Five Years. Small Pox 0 Scarlatina 0 Diphtheria 3 Membranous Croup 1 i Typhus 0 Enteric or Typhoid 0 Continued 0 Relapsing 0 Puerperal 0 Cholera 0 Whooping Cough 5 Erysipelas 0 Measles 13 Diarrhoea and Dysentery 12 Rheumatic Fever 0 Ague 0 Phthisis 0 Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy .... 23 Heart Disease 0 uries 0 Influenza 0 All other Disease 84 Total for 1898 441 141 Over Five Years. 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 36 25 36 5 7 183 300